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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. I9I5.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING, PRINTING, AND STACKING INDEX CARDS AND THE LIKE.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING, PRINTING, AND STACKING INDEX CARDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. I9I5. 1,245,645.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING, PRINTING, AND STACKING INDEX CARDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 25. 1915.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING, PRINTING, AND STACKING INDEX CARDS AND THE LIKE.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING, PRINTING, AND STACKING INDEX CARDS AND THE LIKE.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING, PR|NT|NG, AND STACKING INDEX CARDS AND-THE LIKE.

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iUNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

ISAAC WAGEMAKER, F GRAND ItAPIDs, MICHIGAN.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING, PRINTING, AND STACKING INDEX-CARDS AND THE LIKE.

VSpeciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Application filed October 25, 1915. Serial No. 57,742.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, ISAAC WAGEMAKER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Cutting, Printing, and Stacking Index-Cardser the like; and I dohereby declar the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to mechanism for automatically cutting, printingand stacking index cards which are to be located within any suitablereceptacle, the cards being used as separators and indicators in filingpapers or the like. Heretofore it has been necessary in the manufactureof packs of index cards to cut a number of cards of the same kind, printthem with the same character and after this operation has been completedwith respect to all of the cards necessary to make a complete pack, thecards aresorted and gathered together in-proper relation to each otherso that a plurality of complete filing packs are produced beginning withthe first character of the series and ending with the last and havingindex tabs in staggered relation one behind the other. While packs ofindex cards could be and have been obtained in this manner, the processis long and comparatively costly.

It is the primary obj my invention to provide a mechanism such that aplurality of plain square-cut cards may be fed into it and during thecourse of their progress through the mechanism be out to leave an indextab at one edge and have an indicating character printed on this tab,each card being cut and printed differently from the cards preceding orfollowing so that when delivered from the mechanism a plurality of cardshaving index tabs properly cut and printed and with the tabs in properstaggered relation to 'each other may be obtained,vthe pack being fullycompleted and stacked, ready for insertion in its receptacle. A furtherobject of the invention resides in the provision of mechanism forcutting the tabs so that they will locate in staggered relation onebehind'the other and in providing printing mechanism which will operatestep by step with the cutting of the ect and purpose of cards so as toprint the tabs with the characters of the alphabet or with any otherdesired characters consecutively and in reverse stopping devices forregulating the position of the card and holding it in said positionduring the operation of cutting and also during the operation ofprinting the index tabs left after the cutting operation is completed;in the provision of novel inking mechanisms for transferring ink to thetype; and in the provision of many new and useful features of adjustmentfor the machine whereby it may be utilized to cut and print index cardsof all sizes with varying widths of index tabs, with different numbersof tabs in staggered relation and with the tabs located at any desiredposition with respect to the complete pack of cards.

To accomplish these ends as well as many other new and useful objectsand purposes that have not been specifically enumerated but which willappear as the description progresses, I have embodied my invention in amechanism disclosed in the accompany.-

ing drawings, inwhich;

Figure l is a view from one side of the central or cutting and printingsection of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. l. l

` Fig. 3 is a view from the opposite side of the machine shown in Fig. land also showing at one end a part of the feeding mechanism for feedingthe cards into the central section of the machine.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the feeding device.

iliary printing attachment thereon which prints the advertisement on thecards..

Fig. 8a is a fragmentary side elevation of a detail of the construction.

Fig. 9--is a vertical section taken on the line 9--9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a sideeleva'tion of the rear portion of the machine takenfrom the same side as Fig. 1.

Fig. 11 is a similar view taken from the opposite side of the machine,Figs. 10 and 11 illustrating particularly side elevations of 'theauxiliary printing device.

Figs. 12 and 13l are details of construction pertaining to the operationof thev inking rollers in conjunction with this auxiliary printingdevice.

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the inlring mechanism for the printingmechanism that prints the characters on the index tabs.

Fig. 15 is a plan view thereof.

Figs. 16, 17 and 18 show respectively a i plan and iront and sideelevations of the vertically movable frame which carries the inkingroller in this inlring mechanism."

Figs. 19 and 20 are side elevations of this inking device taken from theopposite sides thereof.

Fig. 21 is a vertical section 'taken through the inking device.

Fig. 22 is a perspective view oi the regu-p lating and stop mechanismfor properly positioning the cards for cutting and printing.

Fig. 23 is a perspective view of the cam which controls this mechanism.v

Fig. 24 is an end elevation with parts shown in section orl the stopmechanism with adjacent parts of the tab printing ram.

Fig. 25 is a front elevation of the ram which presses the index tabagainst the type in the operation of printing.

Fig. 26 is a iront elevation of the cutting mechanism for cuttin indextabs.

Fig. 27 is a side eFevation thereof, parts of the supporting frame beingshown in section.

Fig. 28 shows in plan and in iront and end elevation the lower cuttingimite of the mechanism.

Fig. 29 shows, similarly, the upper cutting knife.

Fig. 30 is a perspective view of a iragmentary portion of the machineillustrating the method of moving the typering step by step as themachine operates.

Fig. 31 is an elevation illustrating the cam and connecting mechanismfor operating the type ring.

Fig. 32 illustrates in perspective the means for operating the feedingmechanism and also the particular mechanism for rendering said feedingdevice inoperative under certain conditions. p

Fig. 33 is a perspective view of a fragment of the mechanism showing therelaheadset tion and connection of the timing mecha- 'iiism to theprinting ram and the type ring,

and the means incorporated therewith for periodically rendering theminoperative.

Fig. 34 is a plan vlew of the timing'disk and ratchet wheels.

Fig. 35 is an end elevation thereof, and Fig. 36 in a vertical sectionon line 36-36 of Fig. 34.

'F ig. 37 is a plan view of a detail of construction of a guide betweenwhich and the printing ram the type wheel passes and at which point theprinting of the index tabs occurs.

Fig. 38 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 39 is a front elevation with a part shown in section.

Fig. 40 is a plan view of one of the pressure rollers underneath whichthe cards pass in the machine.

Fig. 4l is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 42 is an end elevation with a part shown in section.

Fig. 43 is a plan View of the timing mechanism showing the relation ofthe parts for controlling the feeding and printing devices with respectto the dislr oit said mechanism.

Fig. 44 is a View taken from beneath a type wheel.

Fig. 45 is a side elevation of the type wheel.

Figs. 46 and 47 are, respectively, transverse sections taken on thelines 46-46 and 47-47 of Fig. 44. y

Figs. 48 and 49 illustrate in side elevation and plan, respectively, oneof the types utilized in printing with two colors on the in* dex tabs.

Fig. 50 is a plan view of a type rin showing the association of saidring witi cams on the machine for controlling the position of the typein inking and printing when two colors are to be used; and

Fig. 51 is a front elevation of a pack of cards cut, printed and stackedby my machine. A

Fig. 52 is an enlarged plan, partly in section, showing a detail of thedetachable feature of the feeding mechanism.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

lin the construction a suitable supporting structure is providedincluding vertical posts l located at the corners of the supportingframe which is rectangular in outline, the posts at one side of theframe being connected at' their upper ends by a horizontal beam 2.Similarly the posts at the opposite side of the machine are connected byan upper horizontal beam 3, and at each end cross beams 4 connect theupper ends of the posts. Below the beams 2 and 3, respectively,additional horizontal beams 5 and 6 are provided, to brace the posts and

